Archive for January, 2008
31 January 2008 | 03:27 PM
The Glass is Always Cleaner
~~~Day’?s Verse:In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus [...]
29 January 2008 | 08:15 AM
Pure Water
~~~Day’?s Verse:Doom to you who legislate evil, who make laws that make victims—Laws that make misery for the poor, that rob my destitute people of dignity,Exploiting defenseless widows, taking advantage of homeless children.Isaiah 10:1-4~~~ Americans enjoy the luxury of water in extravagant ways. We irrigate lawns, maintaining lush greenness throughout even the driest summer months. [...]
27 January 2008 | 04:46 AM
Our Blanket Needs Suspenders
~~~Day’?s Verse:What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about [...]
22 January 2008 | 05:27 AM
We’re All Ears *And* We’re Listening
~~~Day’?s Verse:Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.James 1:27~~~ One of my coworkers has started making dissatisfied rumbling noises about our job. The noises even go so far as to involve [...]
20 January 2008 | 06:04 AM
C.A.P.
~~~Day’?s Verse:Do you see what we’ve got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander. He’s actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and he won’t quit until it’s all cleansed. [...]
19 January 2008 | 02:34 AM
Extravagant Dreams
~~~Day’?s Verse:No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.Hebrews 12:11~~~ Over the years, Ian and I have slowly developed a list of extravagantly expensive items we hope to own one day. Purchases such as a [...]
18 January 2008 | 09:33 AM
iPodosis
~~~Day’?s Verse:It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?Hebrews 12:7~~~ “Hey,” I call to my coworker across the aisle, “Do we change our address to Shewsbury on all reports?” She doesn’t respond, not even a twitch. The MSN [...]
